Walking Elsewhere - On The North Village, The Novel's Redemptive Spirit

Bei Cun, a young writer, is a unique writer in the contemporary literary world in that he, as a Christian, insists on writing conscientiously in spite of the chaotic situation in the literary world. His works, under the guidance of his religious belief, directly explores the significance of contemporary human existence, and the living conditions of the GRAY people, therefore, he becomes one of the few who firmly believe in the necessity of the healing of human spirits. As a result, his works are always disputed. This paper, based on careful reading of Bei Cun's works, and integrated with the relevant theories of existentialism, endeavours to analyse the meaning of the healing of human spirits and its embodiment in his works, and also to read the living conditions of contemporary people, their spiritual world, the aesthetic imago in his works.This paper focuses on the analysis on and research of the healing of human spi - rits which can be found easily in Bei Cun's novels. In Chapter 1, the first intension of Bei Cun's novels was deduced, that is, human beings need to be healed. Chapter 2 analyses the origin why humans are so painful and desperate and deduces the second intension of the healing of human spirits: searching for the origin of human sorrow and desperation. Chapter 3 explores the continuous struggles of human beings for self-salvation and the possible ways of salvation, that is, the third intension of healing of human spirits: human beings must be healed and rescued while at the same time human beings usually are not able to save themselves. Thus a question appears: how should humans be saved? In the first three parts, Bei Cun focuses on the reason why humans must be saved and the ways of human salvation. The fourth part summarises the remarkable characteristics in his writing. The Summary of this paper explores the significance and influence of Bei Cun's efforts and looks forwards to the future writing of Bei Cun.